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Compare players, 2018-19 season

At a glance

Jimmy Howard Pekka Rinne

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerJimmy Howard: Save %, 0.909, 47th percentileJimmy Howard: Goals against, 2.84 a game, 23rd percentileJimmy Howard: Workload, 31.1 shots a game, 78th percentileJimmy Howard: Games, 55 games, 78th percentileJimmy Howard: Goals saved, +0.18 above expected per 60, 67th percentilePekka Rinne: Save %, 0.918, 80th percentilePekka Rinne: Goals against, 2.32 a game, 86th percentilePekka Rinne: Workload, 28.2 shots a game, 33rd percentilePekka Rinne: Games, 56 games, 83rd percentilePekka Rinne: Goals saved, +0.20 above expected per 60, 72nd percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 64 goalies who played at least a quarter as many games as the busiest. The gap between two players on a spoke is the real gap between their numbers. The dashed shape is the typical player. Hover over a dot for the number.

The numbers

Jimmy Howard G, DET 2018-19 Pekka Rinne G, NSH
55 Games played 56
23 Wins 30
22 Losses 19
0 Shutouts 4
1,709 Shots against 1,581
1,553 Saves 1,451
156 Goals against 130
0.909 Save % 0.918
3.07 Goals against average 2.42
Expected goals, while he was in net
165.3 Expected goals against 140.5
+9.3 Goals saved above expected +10.5
+0.18 Saved above expected per 60 +0.20
7.0% Chance per attempt faced 6.5%
Rating, in goals
+26.2 Goals above replacement +24.8
+4.4 Wins above replacement +4.1
Contract
$5.292M Cap hit $7M
$6M Worth at the going rate $5.8M
+$758K Value: worth minus cap hit -$1.2M

The better value in each stat is highlighted. Stats where more is not clearly better, such as games played, are not judged. Bars show each value against the larger of the two. What the advanced numbers mean